Hair remover

ABSTRACT

The air remover includes a portable case ( 2 ) to hold in hands and to use for the extraction of pet hair and lint, fit for a domestic and an industrial use. It realizes the extraction of pet hair and bubbles through a motion of translation on fabric, which can be linear or circular as regards the fabric. The arranged action of two different operations fit to safeguard the fabric that you want to clean.

1: FIELD OF THE INVENTION

Textile cleaning and maintenance in all the use fields

2: AIM OF INVENTION

To remove hairs and lint, pet hairs specifically, from fabrics andtextile tissues generally used in household, industrial and communityenvironments.

3: DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention is defined in claims 1 and 6, respectively.

The hair/lint air removing device that we start to describe, presentsitself first of all to the residual hair/lint cleaning before and afterwashing operations of fabrics, being themselves clothing or furnishingtextiles like curtains, carpets or blankets commonly used in all ofworking, recreative, household environments. This invention, beingitself small in dimensions, allows careful and localized interventionsdirectly on the fabrics also in very small cleaning area without bigeffort. The protection mesh (ref. FIG. 2,4) makes possible the operationalso on the fabrics realized by delicate tissues.

The device can replace very well normal devices removing lint thatstress too much treated fabrics. The same invention can be also used fornormal and daily cleaning operations.

In the known technique we have lint removers, consisting in electricapparatus, that, through different devices with electric or batteryfunctioning, like rotating blades, make radical cleaning of the fabricbut marking it deeply, sometimes damaging it and make it unserviceable.

The common manual devices, like brushes, are only able to extract thesuperficial hairs and lint that are already spurred on during the washoperations. As well, these brushes are commonly realized with bristlesvery hard that, after more cleaning cycles, will certainly damage theworking fabric.

Referring to the known technique there are suction hair removal'ssystems, like Patent EP 1 949 839 A1, to whom it needs to associate avacuum cleaner suitable for catch human and pet hairs (paragraph 0006)using the aspiration through an opening leaned on the fabric (paragraph0003); we evidence that the same, noted the big dimensions, is usedexclusively over very large areas to clean, like carpets, but it can'tabsolutely be used on clothing fabrics and it can't be certainlyconsidered a light device to lift up and keep in hands for the use (itis used with one hand certainly, but the device is always in thecondition to be used touching the floor). As well, we don't disclosedetails about the function specifically to the extraction of the lint(fluff shape residuals present on fabrics in wool most of all, thatnormally appear with the usury of the fabric).

Referring to the other known technique Patent GB 2 458 221 A, (page7-page 13 line 7) we don't note references to clothing fabrics or lintextraction like our description in paragraph [008]. It's probable that,being the device small in dimensions, it can be easily lift up and usedwith one hand, but its use method traces back to “the cleaner may findparticular application in the cleaning of pet hair from carpets”(extract of resume (57) Patent GB 2 458 221 A).

These devices, manual or electric, are inefficient in the extraction ofpet hair, that, embedded in fibers (ref. FIG. 1,1), cause resistanceforce regards to brushes and vacuum cleaner of common use.

Differently, present invention is featured by two different andcontemporaneous functions, that, through the external aspiration (ref.FIG. 2,7), in the 1st function, lift up the hair sufficiently to allowthe extraction by tweezers placed on the rotating device (ref. FIG.2,5), and, then, through the 2nd function the hair is extracted with aparallel scrolling movement as regard of the fabric.

Present invention wants to realize an apparatus that contains insideitself a series of functions, hair remover (ref. FIG. 2,5), lint remover(ref. FIG. 2,6). With particular attention to the worked fabric.

Aim of this invention is that the above-mentioned apparatus has also thedouble function of removing bobbles (ref. FIG. 2,6) and hairs (ref. FIG.2,5) from fabrics in wool or natural, artificial or synthetic fibers,with only one operation arranged.

Not the last aim of this invention is the possibility to have anaspirator hair/lint removing device without expensive operations ofmaintenance.

It must be a portable accessorize, that can be connect to power supply220/240 o 110/125 volt, or also used with common reloaded battery or,again, common lighter on cars.

The invention is made of a portable case to hold in hands (ref. FIG.2,3), a rotating device, a roll, (ref. FIG. 2,5) with tweezers cam orspring loaded (ref. FIG. 3,5) arranged so as to be moved by the engineto do a catching and releasing movement (ref. FIG. 4,9-10) during therotation, a device consisting of rotating blades fixed to a driving head(ref. FIG. 2,6), a plug for aspirator device (ref. FIG. 2,7), a storagecompartment for removed waste (ref. FIG. 2,8) and a perforated meshplaced on the inferior part of the cover (ref. FIG. 2,4) that makes adivision between the fabric and the cutting parts and it has also thefunction to allow the entry of the fabric part inside the rotatingblades (ref. FIG. 3,6) compartment (ref. FIG. 3,3), being itselfclothing or furnishing, in a minimal sufficient amount for the removalof the lint.

According with an execution form, tweezers (ref. FIG. 4,9-10) are placedin a totally coplanar sense of direction. A favorite direction is adiverging direction.

According with an execution form, rotating blades (ref. FIG. 6,14-15)are placed in trim as regards to the fabric to be cleaned.According with a favorite execution form, tweezers (ref. FIG. 4,9-10)are arranged so as to be driven by the motor with a rotation movementand a parallel running as regards to the fabric that has hair to remove.

According with a favorite execution form, rotating blades (ref. FIG.6,14-15) are aligned with fabric to be cleaned. According with a firstversion, the first and the second tweezers (ref. FIG. 4,9-10) can beplaced are arranged so as to be on the same plane.

According with a second version, the first and the second tweezers (ref.FIG. 4,9-10) can be placed on parallel planes.

Other characteristics and advantages of hair air removing device/lintremovers device will come out better from the following detaileddescription of some of its parts, given at indicative and not limitativetitle with reference to enclosed drawings.

4: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Knowing functions and constructions are omitted

FIG. 1: ref. 1,1 problem to be solved: hair stuck between the fibers.

FIG. 1: ref. 1,2 example solution.

FIG. 2: is an isometric and sectional view of an hair air removingdevice/lint remover.

FIG. 3: is a top plan view in transparence of an hair air removingdevice/lint remover (ref. FIG. 2).

FIG. 4: ref. 4,3-8 is a plan view from (ref. FIG. 3) in transparence ofpicture (ref. FIG. 2) of an hair air removing device/lint remover.

FIG. 4: ref. 4,9-10 and ref. FIG. 5,11 is a perspective picture ofrotating device with tweezers.

FIG. 5: ref. 5,11 illustrates a sectional view of the tweezers rollwhere the positions shows the sequential opening and closing movement inspring (ref. 5,12) and in cam (ref. 5,13).

FIG. 6: ref. 6,14-15 is a perspective picture of device consisting ofrotating blades.

FIG. 6: ref. 6,5-8 and ref. 6,16-21 is a sectional view of the hair airremoving device/lint remover driving with electric working.

FIG. 7: ref. 7,5-8 and ref. 7,18,19 and ref. 7,22-27 is a sectional viewof the hair air removing device/lint removers driving with batteryworking.

5: DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Now considering picture (ref. FIG. 3), it shows the hair air removingdevice/lint removers that consisting of a enclosure (ref. FIG. 3,3), asusually made of a shock proof and plastic material, enclosure that isconformed to hold by hands during its utilization. Inside the cover(ref. FIG. 3,3) is placed a roll with cam or spring tweezers (ref. FIG.3,5), the rotating blades device (ref. FIG. 3,6), the storagecompartment (ref. FIG. 3,8), a plug for aspirator device (ref. FIG. 3,7)and a perforated mesh cover (ref. FIG. 3,4) that allows clothing andfurnishing fabrics working without seizing fabric uselessly.

Pictures (ref. FIG. 6,5-8 and ref. FIG. 6,16-21) recalls to picture(ref. FIG. 2,3-8) with the sectional view. So we can define that insidethe cover (ref. FIG. 6,3), tweezers roll (ref. FIG. 6,5) is driven by anelectrical drive (ref. FIG. 6,18) driven by a plaque (ref. FIG. 6,16)hand-operable, arranged outside the cover (ref. FIG. 6,3) and connectedto a switch (ref. FIG. 6,17) coupled to the engine (ref. FIG. 6,18).

Also the rotating blades device (ref. FIG. 6,6) is driven by an electricmotor (ref. FIG. 6,19) driven by a plaque (ref. FIG. 6,20)hand-operable, connected to a switch (ref. FIG. 6,21) coupled to theengine (ref. FIG. 6,19). The predisposition suction (ref. FIG. 6,7)(matched with any suction tube), once plugged, allows to aspirateindependently all was extracted from the fabric in an appropriatedcompartment (ref. FIG. 6,8) to avoid failures of device (ref. FIG.6,5-6).

Picture (ref. FIG. 4,3-8) in a lateral view corresponding to the endview of picture (ref. FIG. 2,3-8).

Picture (ref. FIG. 4,9-10) illustrates tweezers roll in the positions ofopen pliers (ref. FIG. 4,9) and closed pliers (ref. FIG. 4,10).

Picture (ref. FIG. 5,11) illustrates a sectional view of the tweezersroll where the positions shows the sequential opening and closingmovement in spring (ref. FIG. 5,12) and in cam (ref. FIG. 5,13).

Pictures (ref. FIG. 6,14-15) recall to picture (ref. FIG. 2,3-8) for thedevice with rotating blades (ref. FIG. 2,6) where the blades (ref. FIG.6,15) are connected to a cover (ref. FIG. 6,14) that allows it, througha plaque (ref. FIG. 6,20) hand-operable, arranged outside the cover(ref. FIG. 6,3) and connected to a switch (ref. FIG. 6,21) coupled tothe engine (ref. FIG. 6,19), to function electrically.

The predisposition suction (ref. FIG. 6,7), once plugged, allows toaspire and store independently all was extracted from the fabric in anappropriated compartment (ref. FIG. 6,8), to avoid failures of device(ref. FIG. 6,5-6).

The advance and retreat caused by the oscillatory movement of theoperator's hand that drives it, determines the catching and the storageof hair or lint that we can find on the brushed space. The hair airremoving/suction operations has the task to rise the hair that is fitinside the fabric (ref. FIG. 1,2) and, in the same moment, have the taskto take it with the tweezers (ref. FIG. 3,5) to extract it and to sendit to container collecting hair (ref. FIG. 3,8).

The aspiration lint removing/suction operation has the task to attractthe fabric, being itself clothing or furnishing, into the rotatingblades (ref. FIG. 3,6) enclosure (ref. FIG. 3,3), in a minimalsufficient amount for the removal of the lint.

The only component of hair air removing device/lint removers apparatussubject to attrition are batteries of common use, in case of batteryutilization.

The invention conceived in that way is susceptible of numerousmodifications and variations in the protective ambit defined by theclaims standard.Moreover all the details are replaceable by others elements technicallyequivalent.

1. HAIR REMOVER/LINT REMOVER, apparatus for the extraction of animal andother hair, lint from clothing and upholstery, composed by a portableenclosure (ref. FIG. 2) to hold by hand characterised by: a. a rotatingdevice (roller) with spring or came loaded tweezers (ref. FIG. 3,5) thatlift up the hair sufficiently to allow the pinch and the extraction b. adevice consisting of rotating blades (ref. FIG. 3,6) attached to a drivehead, for the removal of lint c. a device predisposed for the suction(ref. FIG. 3,7) d. a storage compartment for remover waste (ref. FIG.3,8) e. a cover in perforated smooth mesh (ref. FIG. 3,4) placed in theinferior part touching the fabric;
 2. HAIR REMOVER device/lint removers,apparatus for extraction of animal and other hair and lint from clothingand upholstery, according to claim 1 controlled with an electricaldrive, wherein the cam or spring loaded tweezers (ref. FIG. 4,9-10) arearranged in a totally coplanar sense of direction according to which therotating blades are arranged in a structure aligned with respect to thefabric to be cleaned;
 3. HAIR REMOVER device/lint removers, apparatusfor extraction of animal and other hair and lint from clothing andupholstery, according to claim 1 controlled with an electrical drive,wherein the camme or spring loaded tweezers (ref. FIG. 4,9-10) arearranged so as to be brought by the motor into a rotating motion andsliding parallel in relation to the fabric that holds the hairs to beremoved;
 4. HAIR REMOVER device/lint removers, apparatus for theextraction of animal and other hair and lint from clothing andupholstery, according to claim 1 controlled with electrical drive,wherein the camme or spring loaded tweezers (ref. FIG. 4,9-10) arearranged so as to lie on the same plane;
 5. HAIR REMOVER device/lintremovers, apparatus for the extraction of the animal and other hair fromclothing and upholstery, according to claim 1 controlled with anelectrical drive, wherein the camme or spring loaded tweezers (ref. FIG.4,9-10) can be placed on parallel plane;
 6. HAIR REMOVER device/lintremovers, apparatus for the extraction of animal and other and lint fromclothing and upholstery of animal and other hair and from clothing andupholstery, according to claim 1 controller with a low voltage powersupply, 12V, for use on vehicles equipped with a cigarette lighter.